Death of Rey Rivera

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Death of Rey Rivera
DateMay 24, 2006; 17 years ago (2006-05-24)[1][a]
LocationBelvedere Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Coordinates39°18′07.5″N 76°36′55.8″W / 39.302083°N 76.615500°W / 39.302083; -76.615500
CauseUndetermined, probable suicide[3][4]
InquiriesBaltimore Police Department
CoronerBaltimore City Medical Examiner

The body of Rey Rivera was found on May 24, 2006, inside the historic Belvedere Hotel in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[5] Although the event was ruled a probable suicide by the Baltimore Police Department, the circumstances of Rivera's death are mysterious and disputed.

Background

Rivera's car was found in a parking lot on St. Paul Street. Belvedere Hotel is located in the top left.

Rey Omar Rivera was born on June 10, 1973, to Angel and Maria Rivera. At the time of his disappearance, Rivera and his wife Allison had relocated to Baltimore from California to work for his longtime friend, publisher Porter Stansberry, as a writer and videographer for Stansberry's investment company, Stansberry & Associates Investment Research, a subsidiary of Agora Publishing.[6][b]

Disappearance

Rivera went

decomposed body inside the conference room under the hole.[2]

Investigation

As police began to analyze the case, numerous aspects seemed odd about Rivera jumping off the main roof of the Belvedere Hotel. Partly due to the hotel's

flip flops
or barefoot and would have had a maximum run up of just over 15 feet or 5 meters (2.5 seconds).

An additional theory is that Rivera may have jumped from a ledge several floors below the roof, but it would have been difficult for Rivera to access the ledge from the privately owned condominiums and offices that had windows onto the ledge.[11]

Rivera's eyeglasses and phone were found relatively intact on the lower roof near the hole. Because circumstances surrounding the incident are unclear, the medical examiner marked Rivera's manner of death as "undetermined".[12]

After searching the house for evidence, Allison found a note behind Rivera's computer.

FBI analyzed the note and ruled it not to be suicidal in nature.[15] The Baltimore Police Department would soon step back from their investigation into the case after ruling Rivera's death as a probable suicide.[16]

Media

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ This is the date the body was found. Rivera went missing on May 16.[2]
  2. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which complained that the company's newsletters "contain nothing more than baseless speculation and outright lies" and that in 2002, he had sent an email offering to sell the name of a company purportedly about to obtain a contract to dismantle nuclear weapons for Russia.[7] The case went to trial in 2005, and in 2007, produced the ruling that "Stansberry's conduct undoubtedly involved deliberate fraud, making statements that he knew to be false," fining him $1.5 million.[3]
  3. Eastern Shore at the time that call was made, having a corporate retreat".[3]

Citations

  1. ^ "Rey Rivera – Obituary". Legacy.com.
  2. ^ a b Masad, Ilana (November 8, 2018). "'An Unexplained Death' Tells The Tale Of An Unsolved Mystery — And Being Remembered". NPR.
  3. ^ a b c d Fenton, Justin (August 5, 2020). "Rey Rivera's friend, former Baltimore employer pushes back on Netflix's 'Unsolved Mysteries'". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on August 7, 2020. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  4. ^ Delaney, Anne (July 5, 2020). "Death of Rey Rivera, man with ties to Windsor, subject in Netflix documentary series". Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  5. ^ "Baltimore police say man's death probable suicide". May 30, 2006.
  6. ^ "Unsolved Mysteries Theory: Who Called Rey Rivera (& Why)". Screen Rant. August 15, 2020.
  7. ^ Janis, Stephen (June 1, 2006). "Man found dead at Belvedere worked at company that had SEC complaint". Washington Examiner. Archived from the original on July 2, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  8. ^ Sorokach, Josh (July 1, 2020). "'Unsolved Mysteries' on Netflix: Everything You Need to Know About The Perplexing Death of Rey Rivera". Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  9. ^ Glenn Bristow and Coates Nelson (January 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Belvedere Hotel" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  10. ^ http (July 6, 2020). "What happened to Rey Rivera a in Netflix's Unsolved Mysteries?". Trends Wide. Archived from the original on July 20, 2020. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  11. ^ Kickham, Dylan (July 2020). "4 Theories About Rey Rivera's Death From 'Unsolved Mysteries'". Elite Daily.
  12. ^ Nguyen, Stacey (July 3, 2020). "Unsolved Mysteries: 3 Theories on What Happened to Rey Rivera". POPSUGAR Entertainment.
  13. ^ "Suicide Or Murder? Evidence Reviewed". WBAL. May 17, 2007.
  14. ^ "'Whom Virtue Unites, Death Will Not Separate': Why Do Some People Think The Freemasons Are Tied To The Death Of Rey Rivera?". Oxygen Official Site. July 1, 2020.
  15. ^ Kranc, Lauren (July 1, 2020). "Rey Rivera Left a Bizarre Note About Free Masons Before His Death. But What Really Happened?". Esquire.
  16. ^ "How Did Rey Rivera Die? Details on the 'Unsolved Mysteries' True Story". July 4, 2020.
  17. ^ "2006 Death Of Rey Rivera In Baltimore Featured In Netflix's Unsolved Mysteries Reboot". July 1, 2020. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
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